Skin Weft Hair Extension

ABSTRACT

A skin weft hair extension includes an extension tip that fixedly holds a plurality of extension hair strands and a metal tube that is detachably assembled to the extension tip and fixes the skin weft hair extension to hair strands of a customer. The extension tip comprises a receiving device that receives and detachably holds the metal tube. The receiving device comprises a narrow-width portion that pass through the hair fixing tube, a stopper portion that is provided at one end of the narrow-width portion, which prevents the metal tube from falling off, and a hair holding portion that is wider than the narrow-width portion. The hair holding portion is provided at the other end of the narrow-width portion.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority on the inventor's ProvisionalApplication No. 62/312,420 filed on 23 Mar. 2016, the disclosure ofwhich is incorporated by reference. This application is also related tothe inventor's application Ser. No. 15/375,141 filed on 11 Dec. 2016,the disclosure of which is Incorporated by reference.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the invention

The present invention is related to a skin weft hair extension. Moreparticularly, the present invention is related to a skin weft hairextension with replaceable fixing tubes for attaching the hair extensionto a customer's hair.

2. Discussion of Related Technology

Generally, the hair extension technology connects one or more extensionhair pieces to hair of a person or an animal. The extension hair piecesare to make the person/animal's hair look longer or thicker and/or addcolor accents to the person/animal's hair. The extension hair pieces forhair extension are in various forms and shapes, and include hair weaves,widgets, etc. In order to attach hair extension to customer's naturalhair, various methods using metal tubes, double-sided tape, hair pinshave been used. In order to attach and fix a hair extension to acustomer's hair, metal tubes were sewn to the skin weft in prior art.Removing the used metal tubes and sewing the metal tube again is notpractical. A simpler and practical means to reuse the expensive hairextension has long been in need. The foregoing discussion in thissection is to provide general background information, and does notconstitute an admission of prior art.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An objective of the invention is to provide a skin weft hair extensionwith replaceable hair fixing tube, which extends service life andimproves maintainability of skin weft hair extension.

In order to achieve the objective, the present invention provides a skinweft hair extension comprising an extension tip that is adapted tofixedly hold a plurality of extension hair strands; and a hair extensionfixing device that is detachably assembled to the extension tip. Thehair extension holding device is adapted to fix the skin weft hairextension to hair strands of a customer. The extension tip comprises areceiving device that receives and detachably holds the hair extensionfixing device.

The hair extension device comprises a hair fixing tube that isdeformable under pressure, whereby when the hair fixing tube is squeezedby a tool, the hair fixing tube fixes hair strands that pass through thehair fixing tube, and when the hair fixing tube is restored fromsqueezed state, the hair fixing tube is removable from the receivingdevice of the extension tip.

The receiving device comprises a narrow-width portion that pass throughthe hair fixing tube, a stopper portion that is provided at one end ofthe narrow-width portion, which prevents the hair fixing tube fromfalling off, and a hair holding portion that is wider than thenarrow-width portion, wherein the hair holding portion is provided atthe other end of the narrow-width portion, and is adapted to hold aplurality of extension hair strands.

In one embodiment, the hair holding portion is fan-shaped.

In another embodiment, the hair holding portion is rectangular. In stillanother embodiment, a plurality of receiving devices and hair extensionfixing devices are provided to one skin weft.

The hair extension device further comprises a loop and a handle tofacilitate passing hair strands through the hair fixing tube,

The skin weft hair extension further comprises a plurality of extensionhair strands attached to the hair extension tip.

The advantageous effects of the present invention are: (1) replacing themetal tube is easy thereby facilitating reuse of the skin weft hairextension; (2) because the metal tube is free to move within a certainrange around the receiving device of the hair extension tip, works ofpassing hair strands through the metal tube and squeezing the tubebecome easier; (3) because step of sewing the metal tube to the skinweft is not needed, manufacturing of the skin weft hair extension issimplified.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings illustrate the best embodiments of the presentinvention. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a skin weft hair extensionaccording to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an elevation view showing an extension tip of the skin wefthair extension;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a hair extension fixing device;

FIG. 4 is an elevation view showing another extension tip; and

FIG. 5 is an elevation view showing multiple receiving devices providedon a skin weft.

DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Embodiments will be described in detail below. The accompanying drawingswill be used for describing embodiments. For the sake of convenience ofillustrating embodiments, thickness, length, diameter, size and otherdimensions of components and/or hair would be illustrated or exaggeratedto be different with those of actual components and/or hair, and thesubject matter of this application is not limited to the illustratedembodiments.

Referring to FIG. 1, the present invention provides a skin weft hairextension 10 comprising an extension tip 12 that is adapted to fixedlyhold a plurality of extension hair strands 14; and a hair extensionfixing device 16 that is detachably assembled to the extension tip 12.The hair extension fixing device 16 is adapted to fix the skin weft hairextension 10 to hair strands of a customer. Referring to FIG. 2, theextension tip 12 comprises a receiving device 18 that receives anddetachably holds the hair extension fixing device 16.

Referring to FIG. 3, the hair extension fixing device 16 comprises ahair fixing tube 20 that is deferrable under pressure, whereby when thehair fixing tube 20 is squeezed by a tool, the hair fixing tube 20 fixeshair strands that pass through the hair fixing tube 20, and when thehair fixing tube 20 is restored from squeezed state, the hair fixingtube 20 is removable from the receiving device 18 of the extension tip12. Use of metal tube for fixing hair extension is well known in theart.

Referring back to FIG. 2, the receiving device 18 comprises anarrow-width portion 22 that pass through the hair fixing tube 20, astopper portion 24 that is provided at one end 28 of the narrow-widthportion 22, which prevents the hair fixing tube 20 from falling off, anda hair holding portion 26 that is wider than the narrow-width portion22, wherein the hair holding portion 26 is provided at the other end 30of the narrow-width portion 22, and is adapted to hold a plurality ofextension hair strands 14, The stopper portion 24 is wider than thenarrow-width portion 22. The stopper portion 24 may be elasticallydeformed in order to assemble the hair fixing tube 20 to thenarrow-width portion 22.

In this embodiment, the hair holding portion 26 is rectangular. Inanother embodiment, the hair holding portion 26 is fan-shaped (refer toFIG. 4). Multiple receiving devices 18 can be provided to one skin weft10 (refer to FIG. 5).

Referring back to FIG. 3, the hair extension fixing device 16 furthercomprises a loop 32 and a handle 34 to facilitate passing hair strandsthrough the hair fixing tube 20.

Referring back to FIG. 1, the skin weft hair extension 10 furthercomprises a plurality of extension hair strands 14 attached to the hairextension tip 12.

In summary, the present invention is a skin weft having replaceablefixing tube. A metal tube is fixed to a tip of the skin weft. The tip ofthe skin weft is formed to have a narrow neck that holds the metal tube.A stopper is formed at the end of the neck to prevent falling off of themetal tube. A loop and a handle are provided to facilitate handling ofhair strands during hair extension work. After use of hair extension bya customer, the skin weft can be separated by releasing hair fixed bythe squeezed metal tube. The metal tube is replaced with a new metaltube to use the skin welt again.

Although the skin weft hair extension according to an exemplaryembodiment of the present invention has been described in detailhereinabove, it should be understood that many variations andmodifications of the basic inventive concept herein described, which mayappear to those skilled in the art, will still fall within the spiritand scope of the exemplary embodiments of the present invention asdefined by the appended claims.

The drawings and the forgoing description gave examples of the presentinvention. The scope of the present invention, however, is by no meanslimited by these specific examples. Numerous variations, whetherexplicitly given in the specification or not, such as differences instructure, dimension, and use of material, are possible. The scope ofthe invention is at least as broad as given by the following claims.

1. A skin weft hair extension comprising: a) an extension tip that isadapted to fixedly hold, a plurality of extension hair strands; and b) ahair extension fixing device that is detachably assembled to theextension tip; wherein the hair extension fixing device is adapted tofix the skin weft hair extension to hair strands of a customer; whereinthe extension tip comprises a receiving device that receives anddetachably holds the hair extension fixing device.
 2. The skin weft hairextension of claim 1, wherein the hair extension fixing device comprisesa hair fixing tube that is deformable under pressure, whereby when thehair fixing tube is squeezed by a tool, the hair fixing tube fixes hairstrands that pass through the hair fixing tube, and when the hair fixingtube is restored from squeezed state, the hair fixing tube is removablefrom the receiving device of the extension tip.
 3. The skin weft hairextension of claim 2, wherein the receiving device comprises anarrow-width portion that pass through the hair fixing tube, a stopperportion that is provided at one end of the narrow-width portion, whichprevents the hair fixing tube from falling off, and a hair holdingportion that is wider than the narrow-width portion, wherein the hairholding portion is provided at the other end of the narrow-widthportion, and is adapted to hold a plurality of extension hair strands.4. The skin weft hair extension of claim 3, wherein the hair holdingportion is fan-shaped.
 5. The skin weft hair extension of claim 4,wherein the hair extension fixing device further comprises a loop and ahandle to facilitate passing hair strands through the hair fixing tube.6. The skin weft hair extension of claim 5, further comprising aplurality of extension hair strands attached to the hair extension tip.7. The skin weft hair extension of claim 3, wherein the hair holdingportion is rectangular.
 8. The skin weft hair extension of claim 3,wherein a plurality of receiving devices and hair extension fixingdevices are provided to one skin weft.